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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
with no deal on debt relief from Monday’s Eurogroup and now all eyes are on whether an agreement... to risk it all by turning their back on whatever deal is on offer on June 15. It is more likely that he... to be reached so that Athens can receive the next loan tranche of around 7 billion euros in order
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Some optimism for Cyprus talks but complex issues remain
PoliticsForeign Policyin the resort of Crans-Montana of Switzerland. Following almost a week during which all sides involved...), the problem is that the two sides do not seem to agree on the order in which the issues should be negotiated. It was agreed that on Monday all the involved parties, the three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey
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I know what you did the summer before last
Agorathe threat of bankrupting the national health system with a mass order of neck braces, this about-turn... offence could be committed by the government planning for several eventualities. After all, it was a long-running joke in the eurozone that all the member states had a plan for what would happen
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Greeks dissatisfied with benefits scope and access, OECD survey finds
Societyto access. Greeks were particularly dissatisfied with their country's benefits system. Out of all... than they currently do, in order to support the poor?” In Greece, close to 80 percent of respondents agreed with this statement. Greeks were most likely of all respondents to say that they thought
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoraand older. This constituency corresponded to 38.3 percent of all eligible voters in Germany. Compared... accompli of German politics, accepted by the other parties who have all ruled out any cooperation... of the traditional ecosystem of two catch-all parties in German politics. The new normal will be three-party
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Lack of vaccines led to panic in B&H, yet now they are going to waste
Agorathe AstraZeneca jab. All attempts by those responsible to dissuade them have proven unsuccessful... is turned to the increase in almost all prices, especially food, which is not accompanied by an increase... replied: "First we need to have vaccines in order to run a vaccination campaign." Politicians
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Athens prepares response to Turkey challenging sovereignty over eastern Aegean islands
PoliticsForeign Policy. Athens has dismissed all such claims in their entirety. “These accusations not only do not comply... Greece’s position would be clear to all. But Greece has always refuted Turkish claims regarding... and Ikaria. Additionally, in order to safeguard peace, Greece undertook (Article 13) to observe
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Sensing weakened government, opposition pushes back against blame-sharing for rail accident
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the surveillance affair, in order to evade questioning from Parliament. SYRIZA has also called on Minister of State Giorgos Gerapetritis to table all documentation pertaining to negotiations between... minister’s repeated claim that all political parties share the blame for the accident. On Friday
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Newsletter 502 - 24/04/2026
of their own immunity in order to clear their names, and all had done so. But the unity was fragile... for all 13 MPs. Several of the lawmakers addressed Parliament to defend their actions, framing them... to regain control of the narrative. It also uses up all available fiscal space under the EU’s new budget
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agorain the commitment of the then Papandreou government that fully met over 90% of the program’s conditionality and benchmarks. In spite of the fact that from the very early stages all stakeholders were aware... served the single currency well, allowing all the necessary mechanisms – most notably the OMT
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